The Gop's Gay Purge

June 7, 2007

He said he had long planned to retire after 20 years of government service
and noted that his departure was set well before the scandal broke. Trandahl
thanked former House Speakers Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Newt Gingrich
(R-Ga.) and current Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for supporting him
during his tenure in the House. But he said former Rep. Tom DeLay
(R-Texas) had long sought to oust him from the job because he is openly
gay.